diff --git a/config.local.js.SAMPLE b/config.local.js.SAMPLE
index 72bb99a27..6eea66258 100644
--- a/config.local.js.SAMPLE
+++ b/config.local.js.SAMPLE
@@ -256,8 +256,7 @@ export default {
         youtube: {
             // api_key: "INSERT YOUR VALUE",
             // parts: [ "snippet", "player" ], // list of fields you want to use in the request, in most cases you only need those two
-            get_params: "?rel=0&showinfo=1",     // https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters,
-            fix_shorts_in_eu: true              // Avoid consent redirect for EU servers
+            get_params: "?rel=0&showinfo=1",     // https://developers.google.com/youtube/player_parameters
         },
         vimeo: {
             get_params: "?byline=0&badge=0"     // https://developer.vimeo.com/player/embedding
diff --git a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
index 94f1dcb36..baf4c7738 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/system/oembed/oembed.js
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ function getOembedIframeAttr(oembed) {
 
 export default {
 
-    provides: ['self', 'oembedError'],
+    provides: ['self', 'oembedError', '__oembedError'],
 
     getIframe: _getOembedIframe, // available via export for fallbacks as plugins['oembed'].getIframe(obj)
 
@@ -129,14 +129,19 @@ export default {
 
             if (error && !oembed) {
                 return cb('Oembed error "'+ oembedLinks[0].href + '": ' + error, {
-                    oembedError: error
+                    oembedError: error,
+                    __oembedError: error // To enable fallbacks to optional meta
                 });
             } else if (error && oembed) { // via  `options.parseErrorBody = true`
                 return cb(null, {
                     oembedError: {
                         code: error, 
                         body: oembed
-                    }
+                    },
+                    __oembedError: { // To enable fallbacks to optional meta
+                        code: error, 
+                        body: oembed
+                    },
                 });
             }
 
diff --git a/plugins/domains/soundcloud.com/soundcloud-oembed-error.js b/plugins/domains/soundcloud.com/soundcloud-oembed-error.js
index 1e9e94d62..6af3c7eff 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/soundcloud.com/soundcloud-oembed-error.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/soundcloud.com/soundcloud-oembed-error.js
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ export default {
 
     provides: ['__allow_soundcloud_meta', 'iframe'],
 
-    getData: function(oembedError, twitter, options, plugins, cb) {
+    getData: function(__oembedError, twitter, options, plugins, cb) {
+        var oembedError = __oembedError;
         var disable_private = options.getProviderOptions('soundcloud.disable_private', false)
         if (oembedError === 403 && !disable_private && twitter.player) {
             return cb(null, {
diff --git a/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.shorts.js b/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.shorts.js
index 41ade1469..6a5854819 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.shorts.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.shorts.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /**
- * This is an alternative fix for https://github.com/itteco/iframely/issues/543.
- * If your servers are in EU, this avoids a redirect to cookie consents, 
- * Activate it by addong 
+ * This was an alternative fix for https://github.com/itteco/iframely/issues/543.
+ * YT Shorts are now covered by main plugin to detect age-restricted players that do not work.
+ * Here, we only need a bigger og-image
  */
 
 export default {
@@ -9,21 +9,11 @@ export default {
     re: /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/shorts\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i,
 
     mixins: [
-        "domain-icon",
-        "oembed-title",
-        "oembed-site",
-        "oembed-author",
-        "oembed-thumbnail",
-        "oembed-video", // "allow" attributes will be merged from there
-        "oembed-iframe"
+        "og-image",
+        "oembed-thumbnail" // smaller image is backup for EU where they may get a redirect to consent page
     ],
 
-    getLink: function(iframe) {
-        return {
-            href: iframe.src,
-            type: CONFIG.T.text_html,
-            rel: CONFIG.R.player,
-            "aspect-ratio": 9/16,
-        }
+    getData: function(options) {
+        options.followHTTPRedirect = true;
     }
 };
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diff --git a/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.video.js b/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.video.js
index 2c9167dfd..a76042446 100644
--- a/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.video.js
+++ b/plugins/domains/youtube.com/youtube.video.js
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ export default {
         /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/live\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i,
         /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/v\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i,
         /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/user\/[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+\/?\?v=([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i,
-        /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube-nocookie\.com\/(?:v|embed)\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i
+        /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube-nocookie\.com\/(?:v|embed)\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i,
+        /^https?:\/\/www\.youtube\.com\/shorts\/([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)/i
     ],
 
     mixins: ["domain-icon"],
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ export default {
                         embeddable: entry.status ? entry.status.embeddable : true,
                         uploadStatus: entry.status?.uploadStatus,
                         status: entry.status,
-                        ytRating: entry.contentDetails?.contentRating?.ytRating
+                        ytRating: entry.contentDetails?.contentRating?.ytRating,
+                        isShort: /\/shorts\//i.test(urlMatch[0])
                     };
 
                     if (entry.snippet?.thumbnails) {
@@ -266,7 +268,7 @@ export default {
         // End of widescreen & allow check
 
         var links = [];
-        var aspect = widescreen ? 16 / 9 : 4 / 3;
+        var aspect = youtube_video_gdata.isShort ? 9 / 16 : (widescreen ? 16 / 9 : 4 / 3);
 
         if (youtube_video_gdata.embeddable && youtube_video_gdata.ytRating !== 'ytAgeRestricted') {